CVE-2026-32874: UltraJSON has a Memory Leak parsing large integers allows DoS
Affected: ultrajson · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 43% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
UltraJSON is a fast JSON encoder and decoder written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.7+. Versions 5.4.0 through 5.11.0 contain an accumulating memory leak in JSON parsing large (outside of the range [-2^63, 2^64 - 1]) integers. The leaked memory is a copy of the string form of the integer plus an additional NULL byte. The leak occurs irrespective of whether the integer parses successfully or is rejected due to having more than sys.get_int_max_str_digits() digits, meaning that any sized leak per malicious JSON can be achieved provided that there is no limit on the overall size of the payload. Any service that calls ujson.load()/ujson.loads()/ujson.decode() on untrusted inputs is affected and vulnerable to denial of service attacks. This issue has been fixed in version 5.12.0.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- ultrajson · ultrajson>= 5.4.0, < 5.12.0
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- ultrajson
- Published
- March 2026
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-401cwe.mitre.org
- github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/security/advisories/GHSA-wgvc-ghvgithub.com
- github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/commit/4baeb950df780092bd3c89fc70github.com
- github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/releases/tag/5.12.0github.com
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32874access.redhat.com
- Issue trackerbugzilla.redhat.com
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-32874.security.access.redhat.com